- Cork South–Central (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Cork South–Central Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary constituency
Cork South–Central shown within IrelandCreated 1981 Seats 5 TDs Jerry Buttimer (FG)
Simon Coveney (FG)
Ciarán Lynch (Lab)
Micheál Martin (FF)
Michael McGrath (FF)County/City council County Cork
Cork CityEP constituency South Cork South–Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was created for the first time under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980,[1] mainly drawing its electorate from the existing Cork Mid and Cork City constituencies.
Cork South–Central is predominantly an urban constituency and encompasses the electoral areas of Cork City Council south of the river Lee, together with most of the Carrigaline electoral area of Cork County Council, including the Ringaskiddy and Passage West areas. The Ballincollig area was moved to the Cork North West constituency for the 2007 general election.
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defines the constituency as:[2]
- "The city of Cork, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Cork North Central;
- and, in the county of Cork, the electoral divisions of:
- Ballygarvan, Bishopstown, Carrigaline, Douglas, Iniskenny, Lehenagh, Monkstown Rural, Monkstown Urban, in the former Rural District of Cork;
- Carrigaline, Kilpatrick, Liscleary, Templebreedy, in the former Rural District of Kinsale."
TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cork South–Central 1981–[3] Key to partiesDáil Election Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)22nd 1981[4] Peter Barry
(FG)Gene Fitzgerald
(FF)Pearse Wyse
(FF)Eileen Desmond
(Lab)Hugh Coveney
(FG)23rd 1982 (Feb)[5] Jim Corr
(FG)24th 1982 (Nov)[6] Hugh Coveney
(FG)25th 1987[7] John Dennehy
(FF)Batt O'Keeffe
(FF)Toddy O'Sullivan
(Lab)Pearse Wyse
(PD)26th 1989[8] Micheál Martin
(FF)27th 1992[9] Batt O'Keeffe
(FF)Pat Cox
(PD)1994 by-election[10] Hugh Coveney
(FG)28th 1997[11] Deirdre Clune
(FG)John Dennehy
(FF)1998 by-election[12] Simon Coveney
(FG)29th 2002[13] Dan Boyle
(GP)30th 2007[14] Deirdre Clune
(FG)Michael McGrath
(FF)Ciarán Lynch
(Lab)31st 2011[15] Jerry Buttimer
(FG)Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
2011 general election
2011 general election: Cork South–Central[15] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 16.7 10,715 Labour Party Ciarán Lynch 13.2 8,481 8,484 8,516 8,543 8,593 8,810 9,218 9,921 12,565 Fine Gael Simon Coveney 14.8 9,447 9,450 9,471 9,521 9,558 9,712 9,976 10,169 10,531 10,872 Fine Gael Jerry Buttimer 11.1 7,128 7,130 7,150 7,173 7,194 7,327 7,553 7,822 8,032 8,410 13,096 Fianna Fáil Michael McGrath 11.3 7,221 7,248 7,274 7,327 7,350 7,484 7,635 7,911 8,120 8,393 9,025 10,023 Sinn Féin Chris O'Leary 8.2 5,250 5,251 5,291 5,319 5,414 5,688 5,796 6,463 6,719 7,268 7,640 8,187 Fine Gael Deirdre Clune 8.8 5,650 5,652 5,672 5,689 5,709 5,803 5,982 6,124 6,364 6,690 Labour Party Paula Desmond 5.3 3,388 3,389 3,412 3,455 3,499 3,609 3,877 4,127 Independent Mick Finn 3.7 2,386 2,387 2,440 2,540 2,597 2,882 2,960 Green Party Dan Boyle 2.6 1,640 1,641 1,650 1,672 1,708 1,800 New Vision David McCarthy 1.4 880 880 917 952 1,037 Independent Ted Neville 0.8 523 523 547 581 639 Independent Diarmaid Ó Cadhla 0.8 508 508 531 563 Independent Seán Dunphy 0.7 448 448 481 Independent Eric Isherwood 0.3 193 193 Independent Finbarr O'Driscoll 0.1 92 92 Independent Gerard Linehan 0.1 90 90 Electorate: 90,044 Valid: 64,040 Spoilt: 624 (1.0%) Quota: 10,674 Turnout: 64,664 (71.8%) 2007 general election
2007 general election: Cork South–Central[14] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 19.0 11,226 Fianna Fáil Michael McGrath 16.7 9,866 Fine Gael Deirdre Clune 9.7 5,739 5,843 5,941 6,447 8,565 9,875 Labour Party Ciarán Lynch 9.2 5,466 5,566 5,730 6,528 7,285 9,851 Fine Gael Simon Coveney 9.9 5,863 5,960 6,058 6,451 8,042 9,363 Fianna Fáil John Dennehy 8.6 5,062 5,810 5,921 7,087 7,448 8,067 Green Party Dan Boyle 8.4 4,945 5,057 5,263 6,318 6,994 Fine Gael Jerry Buttimer 8.8 5,180 5,242 5,337 5,760 Sinn Féin Henry Cremin 5.1 3,020 3,054 3,198 Progressive Democrats John Minihan 2.7 1,596 1,706 1,807 Immigration Control Ted Neville 1.4 804 814 Independent Gerard Linehan 0.2 155 156 Independent Morgan Stack 0.2 116 118 Independent Maurice Fitzgerald 0.1 30 31 Electorate: 91,090 Valid: 59,068 Spoilt: 592 (0.9%) Quota: 9,845 Turnout: 59,660 (65.5%) 2002 general election
2002 general election: Cork South–Central[13] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 26.7 14,742 Fine Gael Simon Coveney 9.4 5,183 5,757 5,793 5,906 6,038 6,634 11,573 Fianna Fáil Batt O'Keeffe 11.9 6,556 8,224 8,279 8,393 8,694 8,897 9,112 9,331 Green Party Dan Boyle 9.0 4,952 5,394 5,506 5,766 6,334 7,761 8,304 9,317 Fianna Fáil John Dennehy 10.0 5,533 7,256 7,295 7,697 8,061 8,281 8,480 8,684 8,766 8,789 Independent Kathy Sinnott 9.0 4,984 5,393 5,491 5,909 6,450 7,215 7,724 8,654 8,696 8,783 Fine Gael Deirdre Clune 10.0 5,535 5,848 5,886 5,982 6,075 6,593 Labour Party Brendan Ryan 5.9 3,282 3,461 3,509 3,743 3,966 Sinn Féin Tom Hanlon 3.7 2,063 2,176 2,254 2,480 Independent Con O'Connell 3.3 1,821 1,914 2,004 Immigration Control Ted Neville 0.7 372 383 Socialist Workers Michael O'Sullivan 0.4 217 227 Electorate: 89,646 Valid: 55,240 Spoilt: 545 (0.9%) Quota: 9,207 Turnout: 55,785 (62.2%) 1998 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD Hugh Coveney, a by-election was held on 23 October 1998. It was won by the Fine Gael candidate Simon Coveney, son of the deceased TD.
1998 by-election: Cork South–Central[12] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fine Gael Simon Coveney 16,212 37.7 1 3 Fianna Fáil Sinead Behan 12,658 29.4 Labour Party Toddy O'Sullivan 8,171 19.0 Green Party Dan Boyle 3,461 8.1 Sinn Féin Henry Cremin 1,158 2.7 Progressive Democrats Peter Kelly 971 2.3 Independent Benny Cooney 197 0.5 Natural Law Brian McEnery 150 0.4 Independent Jim Tallon 29 0.1 Electorate: 87,606 Valid: 43,007 Quota: 21,504 Turnout: 49.1% 1997 general election
1997 general election: Cork South–Central[11] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 9,652 17.5 1 1 Fine Gael Hugh Coveney 9,524 17.2 2 1 Fianna Fáil Batt O'Keeffe 7,279 13.2 3 7 Fianna Fáil John Dennehy 6,524 11.9 4 9 Fine Gael Deirdre Clune 4,602 8.4 5 9 Labour Party Toddy O'Sullivan 4,908 8.9 Green Party Dan Boyle 3,622 6.6 Fine Gael Sylvester Cotter 2,701 4.9 Progressive Democrats Tom Coughlan 2,304 4.2 Independent Derry Canty 1,497 2.7 Independent Matty O'Callaghan 1,254 2.3 Independent Tim Murphy 663 1.2 Independent Seán Twomey 215 0.4 Natural Law Nora Anne Luck 182 0.3 Independent Seán Ahern 112 0.2 Electorate: 84,288 Valid: 55,039 Spoilt: 362 (0.7%) Quota: 9,174 Turnout: 55,401 (65.7%) 1994 by-election
Following the resignation of Progressive Democrats TD Pat Cox after his election to the European Parliament, a by-election was held on 10 November 1994. It was won by the Fine Gael candidate Hugh Coveney.
1994 by-election: Cork South–Central[10] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fine Gael Hugh Coveney 13,128 31.2 1 6 Fianna Fáil John Dennehy 13,316 31.6 Green Party Dan Boyle 6,677 15.9 Independent Brendan Ryan 2,618 6.2 Labour Party Joe O'Flynn 1,940 4.6 Progressive Democrats Alan Ellard 1,719 4.1 Christian Solidarity Catherine Kelly 1,704 4.0 Workers' Party Sean McCarthy 813 1.9 Independent Brian McEnery 219 0.5 Electorate: 78,420 Valid: 42,134 Quota: 21,068 Turnout: 53.7% 1992 general election
1992 general election: Cork South–Central[9] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Labour Party Toddy O'Sullivan 9,662 18.0 1 1 Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 7,939 14.8 2 11 Fine Gael Peter Barry 5,020 9.4 3 15 Progressive Democrats Pat Cox 6,720 12.5 4 15 Fianna Fáil Batt O'Keeffe 5,532 10.3 5 15 Fianna Fáil John Dennehy 3,925 7.3 Fine Gael Denis Cregan 2,925 5.5 Democratic Left Kathleen Lynch 2,539 4.7 Independent Liam Hurley 2,239 4.2 Fianna Fáil Barry Cogan 1,941 3.6 Fine Gael Jim Corr 1,828 3.4 Green Party Dan Boyle 1,166 2.2 Independent John Weldon 697 1.3 Sinn Féin Liam Burke 592 1.1 Independent Con O'Connell 526 1.0 Workers' Party Jerry McCarthy 172 0.3 Independent Seán Twomey 87 0.2 Independent Nora Anne Luck 85 0.2 Electorate: 76,141 Valid: 53,595 Spoilt: 712 (1.3%) Quota: 8,933 Turnout: 54,307 (71.3%) 1989 general election
1989 general election: Cork South–Central[8] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Labour Party Toddy O'Sullivan 6,300 11.8 1 Fine Gael Peter Barry 7,791 14.5 2 Progressive Democrats Pearse Wyse 5,527 10.3 3 Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 6,564 12.2 4 Fianna Fáil John Dennehy 5,586 10.4 5 Fianna Fáil Batt O'Keeffe 6,012 11.2 Fine Gael Jim Corr 5,899 11.0 Workers' Party Kathleen Lynch 4,457 8.3 Fianna Fáil Barry Cogan 3,652 6.8 Progressive Democrats John Coleman 1,679 3.1 Independent William Fitzsimon 150 0.3 Electorate: ? Valid: 53,617 Quota: 8,937 Turnout: 1987 general election
1987 general election: Cork South–Central[7] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Progressive Democrats Pearse Wyse 10,935 19.4 1 Fianna Fáil John Dennehy 6,099 10.8 2 Fine Gael Peter Barry 7,328 13.0 3 Fianna Fáil Batt O'Keeffe 4,437 7.9 4 Labour Party Toddy O'Sullivan 4,862 8.6 5 Fine Gael Hugh Coveney 4,926 8.8 Fianna Fáil Barry Cogan 4,305 7.7 Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin 3,619 6.4 Progressive Democrats Owen Curtin 3,112 5.5 Workers' Party Kathleen Lynch 2,349 4.2 Independent Charles Hennessy 1,585 2.8 Independent Mary Dunphy 1,229 2.2 Independent Sean Beausang 756 1.3 Independent Bernie Murphy 441 0.8 Independent Cornelius O'Donovan 245 0.4 Independent Michael T. Murphy 31 0.1 Electorate: ? Valid: 56,259 Quota: 9,377 Turnout: November 1982 general election
November 1982 general election: Cork South–Central[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fine Gael Peter Barry 9,472 19.2 1 1 Fianna Fáil Pearse Wyse 8,673 17.5 2 1 Fine Gael Hugh Coveney 7,604 15.4 3 Labour Party Eileen Desmond 6,496 13.1 4 Fianna Fáil Gene Fitzgerald 7,136 14.4 5 Fianna Fáil Barry Cogan 3,375 6.8 Fine Gael Tomás Ryan 2,689 5.4 Workers' Party Noel Power 1,485 3.0 Independent Owen Casey 1,307 2.6 Fianna Fáil Valentine Jago 447 0.9 Irish Republican Socialist Jim Lane 398 0.8 Democratic Socialist Party Garry O'Sullivan 369 0.8 Electorate: ? Valid: 49,451 Quota: 8,242 Turnout: February 1982 general election
February 1982 general election: Cork South–Central[5] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Fianna Fáil Pearse Wyse 16.7 8,092 Fine Gael Peter Barry 16.6 8,062 8,089 Fianna Fáil Gene Fitzgerald 15.5 7,500 7,562 7,625 8,093 Labour Party Eileen Desmond 13.4 6,494 6,613 6,907 7,287 8,399 Fine Gael Jim Corr 11.9 5,769 5,862 6,297 6,846 10,297 Fianna Fáil Donal Coleman 9.7 4,688 4,732 4,764 5,060 5,209 Fine Gael Hugh Coveney 8.7 4,210 4,246 4,558 4,780 Independent Mary Kelly 3.9 1,929 2,057 2,090 Fine Gael Denis Cregan 2.4 1,168 1,192 Independent Declan Murphy 1.2 564 Electorate: 64,507 Valid: 48,476 Spoilt: 347 (0.7%) Quota: 8,080 Turnout: 48,823 (75.7%) 1981 general election
1981 general election: Cork South–Central[4] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Fine Gael Peter Barry 18.1 9,010 Fianna Fáil Pearse Wyse 15.7 7,819 7,827 8,533 Fianna Fáil Gene Fitzgerald 15.8 7,889 7,898 8,295 8,413 Labour Party Eileen Desmond 13.9 6,961 7,001 7,261 7,273 7,861 8,900 Fine Gael Hugh Coveney 10.6 5,274 5,492 5,629 5,638 6,256 6,647 6,946 Fine Gael Jim Corr 9.4 4,705 5,055 5,153 5,158 5,958 6,364 6,571 Fianna Fáil Barry Cogan 7.7 3,821 3,831 4,439 4,503 4,602 Fine Gael Denis Cregan 4.2 2,109 2,155 2,206 2,210 Fianna Fáil Chrissie Ahern 3.9 1,988 1,993 Independent Sean Twomey 0.7 358 359 Electorate: 64,507 Valid: 49,934 Spoilt: 399 (0.8%) Quota: 8,323 Turnout: 50,333 (78.0%) See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
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